Sihtric Kjartansson

Sihtric was the illegitimate son of Kjartan and a companion of Uhtred of Bebbanburg.

Biography
Sihtric was the son of an Anglo-Saxon servant girl who had an affair with Kjartan, and his father had nothing to do with him; Sihtric served as a soldier of Dunholm under Tekil. In 878, he was captured during a failed attempt on the life of Uhtred of Bebbanburg at Guthred's camp, and he sought to have an audience with Uhtred during his captivity. When Uhtred refused to see him, Sihtric took his companion Halig hostage, and he convinced Uhtred to allow for him to serve him by convincing him that he had no loyalty to his father. Sihtric became one of Uhtred's most loyal followers, delivering a message from Gisela Harthacnutsdottir to Hild and Ragnar Ragnarsson after Uhtred was sold into slavery; this message led them to Jonis, and then to Uhtred's captor Sverri.